Support For Dyslexia

Dyslexia is the most common learning disability and is characterized by difficulty reading despite normal intelligence. Individuals with dyslexia have problems sounding out words, spelling and writing words, and pronouncing words.

Signs and Symptoms

Delayed onset of speech

Lack of phonological awareness

Easily distracted by background noise

Difficulty identifying or generating rhyming words

Difficulty or identifying syllables in a word

Difficulty segmenting words into individual sounds

Difficulty naming objects

Poor spelling

Difficulty summarizing stories and memorization

Many people think that dyslexia is simply a problem of reversing letters or writing letters backwards. However, it presents a much more comprehensive and pervasive challenge for individuals diagnosed with it. It affects people in varying degrees, and can affect writing, language, and the ability to perform math problems as well as reading.

In preschool, children may have problems recognizing that words rhyme, or finding words that rhyme when given a target word, such as cat. They may have trouble learning letters and their associated sounds, learning new words, and have trouble following directions.

In grade school, student often have trouble blending sounds to form a word, or manipulating sounds in a word. They may also have difficulty recognizing common sight words, easily forget how to spell words that they previously studied or find word problems in math very difficult. Reading books often is confusing or boring, and they often have trouble remembering details about a story they have read.

In middle school, students’ reading levels will be lower than their oral language. They read very slowly and will avoid reading out loud. Students struggle with their writing skills, and have difficulty expressing and organizing their ideas. They often make many spelling errors, and may spell the same word differently in the same piece of writing.Students may not always fit in, because they have difficulty communicating with others, and may not always be able to read body language.

Our program is created based on the individual needs of the students. We begin with a comprehensive assessment to determine the strengths and challenges of your child.

Skills that we work on

Sound-symbol relationships

Letter formation

Spelling rules

Dictionary use

Short and long vowel sounds

Digraphs

Diphthongs

Affixes and Roots

Word structure

Decoding and encoding words

Executive Function Skills

In addition to teaching students with dyslexia the foundational reading skills, it is important to also teach them them thinking and problem solving skills that will help them function in the classroom and in life. These skills include:

Planning and organization

Flexible thinking

Time management

Working memory

Metacognition-the ability to monitor one’s own thinking and behavior

Managing emotions

Initiating Tasks

ABOUT

Marcy Sproull is a reading specialist who has been teaching in various capacities for over 15 years; in special day classes, programs for adults with disabilities, and college reading classes.

She is also an acupuncturist, and has worked with children with developmental challenges, and focus issues, as well as adults with a variety of conditions. She integrates holistic therapies into her teaching practices, such as mindfulness in reading and learning, and has developed calm kids acupressure courses for parents and children.

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